TRENTON — A city resident suffered a collapsed lung after being stabbed Saturday morning. Police are still searching for a suspect.

According to police sources, around 5:15 a.m. Saturday a male and a female were leaving a residence in the first block of West Ingham Avenue when they encountered a male suspect wearing all black and a ski mask.

Words were exchanged between the couple and the suspect, police said, and then the female went back into house and retrieved a knife.

According to law enforcement, the argument then turned physical and the suspect took the knife away from female and used it to stab her male companion.

The suspect then fled the area and the victim was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center for treatment of a collapsed lung he suffered as a result of the stabbing.